Surname Kukuljica in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kukuljica families are Croats (from Dubrovnik area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and in Dubrovnik area. In Mihanići in Dubrovnik area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Kukuljica.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Kukuljica live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Mihanici (20) and Komaji (15) in Dubrovnik area, Dubrovnik (10), Zagreb (10), and in Zadar (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kukuljica is present in this form only in Croatia.

Characteristic first names

Antonija Kukuljica, Đorđe Kukuljica, Kate Kukuljica, Mato Kukuljica, Hrvoje Kukuljica, Katija Kukuljica, Pero Kukuljica, Dinko Kukuljica, Anita Kukuljica, Lovro Kukuljica, Matija Kukuljica, Rafaela Kukuljica, Niko Kukuljica, Ratka Kukuljica, Stijepo Kukuljica, Martina Kukuljica, Domagoj Kukuljica, Paula Kukuljica, Davor Kukuljica

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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